"Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer."

-- Baron de Montesquieu

#Favors Quotes #May Quotes #Given Quotes

“Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.”

Source : "Greening the ghetto". TED conference, www.ted.com. February 2006.
“I'm not a man of many words, I'm not very expressive or emotional, but it comes out in my music.”

Source : "Kris Allen reflects on 'Idol' upset win". Interview with Brian Mansfield, usatoday30.usatoday.com.
“Win now, and we'll walk together forever.”
“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”
“True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely.”
“In every art beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them. And it is not only a matter of looking at the drawings, paintings, musical compositions, and poems that have been and are being created; it is a matter of being drawn into the individual work of art, of realizing that it has been made by a real human being, and trying to discover the secret of its creation.”

Source : Ruth Whitman (1982). “Becoming a poet: source, process, practice”, Writer
“Being silent for a while is good. Words can't really express a person's emotions.”
“It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative partnership, which is also conducive to regional peace, stability and development.”

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